As in the rest of the UK, Brexit has been handled in such a way that there are serious shortages of workers (eg abattoir operators, careworkers, nurses, lorry drivers, fruit pickers etc the lists go on exacerbated by years of austerity and Tory rule) and goods;
There’s shortage of goods everywhere else in Europe too. COVID-19 lockdowns produced shortages everywhere. It’s politically convenient to blame it all on Brexit but not very honest.
Nowhere more clearly can one see the truth of Cumming’s character than through his own behaviour, and the subsequent manipulation, and obfuscation, he employs to ensure he remains unaccountable.
Do you honestly think that his behavior is significantly different then that of the average political actor is put into a similar situation?
There appears to be no holding government officials or ministers to account, the more they say something the more ‘true’ it is.**
There’s little way to hold government officials to account politically given that ministers have no power to fire them. To the extend that one is interested in that, there would need to be civil service reform and that’s one of the things Cummings is fighting for even if it’s not a battle he won.
Cummings proceeded to hold a special press briefing providing yet another account at Downing Street’s Rose Garden; his wife recorded a different version for BBC Radio 4. Most recently Cummings said via Twitter that the real reason for his behaviour was that he felt he and his family were not safe in London.
This suggests that Cummings changed his story, if you listen to his interview from May 25, 2020 he already said that he worried about his family not being safe at home at the time.
It wasn’t his only reason, but in the real world people often do things for complex reasons involving multiple different parts.
In spite of one hearing that there are supply shortages everywhere, the shelves are filled with goods and there are no closed petrol stations in the rest of Europe. The UK really is doing worse, it’s as though Brexit has been a supreme act of self-harm.
Lying about driving the length of the country and having days out when you allege you thought you had COVID..… Cummings was involved in making it illegal to move around the UK during a lockdown; this is intentional, and not trivial. Producing multiple stories about one’s actions and baldly stating those lies again from the PM’s garden to a TV crew, to the nation is inexcusable.
When people involved in government lie on TV and in the newspapers, and evidence appears so the liar changes their story, one learns a good deal from that person’s actions.
In a position of power the liar, who has not been challenged by the journalists and is safe within the Tory enclave, may lie ‘for complex reasons involving multiple parts.’
Cummings like any self-serving Tory ( some of whom have been given millions, others billions throughout the pandemic) remains untrustworthy. Even though he went to a lot of trouble to muddy the waters the fact remains, his words cannot be trusted.
Cummings says there were lies told and ‘dirty tricks’ used by Leave and Remain during the referendum. There is evidence of illegal activity and multitudinous untruths told by the Leave Campaigners, where is any evidence of Remain resorting to this?
Being given multiple platforms and outlets to speak truthfully and to admit he broke Lockdown rules, Cummings is a man who chose to stretch and alter his lying strategy. If caught out he has repeated the lying just changed the details. Cumming’s behaviour is unconscionable.
There’s shortage of goods everywhere else in Europe too. COVID-19 lockdowns produced shortages everywhere. It’s politically convenient to blame it all on Brexit but not very honest.
Do you honestly think that his behavior is significantly different then that of the average political actor is put into a similar situation?
There’s little way to hold government officials to account politically given that ministers have no power to fire them. To the extend that one is interested in that, there would need to be civil service reform and that’s one of the things Cummings is fighting for even if it’s not a battle he won.
This suggests that Cummings changed his story, if you listen to his interview from May 25, 2020 he already said that he worried about his family not being safe at home at the time.
It wasn’t his only reason, but in the real world people often do things for complex reasons involving multiple different parts.
In spite of one hearing that there are supply shortages everywhere, the shelves are filled with goods and there are no closed petrol stations in the rest of Europe. The UK really is doing worse, it’s as though Brexit has been a supreme act of self-harm.
Lying about driving the length of the country and having days out when you allege you thought you had COVID..… Cummings was involved in making it illegal to move around the UK during a lockdown; this is intentional, and not trivial. Producing multiple stories about one’s actions and baldly stating those lies again from the PM’s garden to a TV crew, to the nation is inexcusable.
When people involved in government lie on TV and in the newspapers, and evidence appears so the liar changes their story, one learns a good deal from that person’s actions.
In a position of power the liar, who has not been challenged by the journalists and is safe within the Tory enclave, may lie ‘for complex reasons involving multiple parts.’
Cummings like any self-serving Tory ( some of whom have been given millions, others billions throughout the pandemic) remains untrustworthy. Even though he went to a lot of trouble to muddy the waters the fact remains, his words cannot be trusted.
Cummings says there were lies told and ‘dirty tricks’ used by Leave and Remain during the referendum. There is evidence of illegal activity and multitudinous untruths told by the Leave Campaigners, where is any evidence of Remain resorting to this?
Being given multiple platforms and outlets to speak truthfully and to admit he broke Lockdown rules, Cummings is a man who chose to stretch and alter his lying strategy. If caught out he has repeated the lying just changed the details. Cumming’s behaviour is unconscionable.